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Compared with the KBO register · free

Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

“Peter Smets”

An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.

What this check does and does not say

  • We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
  • This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Peter Smets same name
    Roofing work · Lummen · since 2008
  • PETER SMET very similar
    Freight transport by road · Waasmunster · since 2002
  • Peeters-Smets very similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Mechelen · since 1972
  • Pieter Smeets (sole trader) very similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2017
  • Pieter Smeets very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2022
  • PETER NAETS very similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Hulshout · since 1996
  • Peters, Miet (sole trader) very similar
    since 2005
  • PETER very similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Mortsel · since 1985
  • Peter very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
  • Peter Soete very similar
    Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
  • Peter Soete (sole trader) very similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2006
  • Peter very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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